Controlling Anisotropy in Heat Treated Glass
Anisotropy is also known as Brewster marks, quench marks, strain pattern, leopard spots, Iridescence, etc. Although anisotropy is inevitable when…
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Design of Double Curved Self Spanning Horizontal Laminated Glass
There is a desire in architecture to design and achieve transparent canopies and glazed rooves that are free from the visual clutter and the… -
Determination of Interlayer Structural Properties for Use in Laminated Glass Design
We have seen rapid expansion in the last decade of laminated glass design using modern analytical and computational methods. Essential to the proper… -
Adaptable Glazing Shields
Today, about 40% of all buildings in the U.S. still have single-pane windows, and ~70% of the existing building stock is estimated to suffer from
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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA
Renzo Piano Building Workshop designed a 290,000 sf museum celebrating the artistry and technology of film, becoming the world’s first museum and… -
Solar Reflection Mitigation
Glass by nature is a reflective material, and it is well-known and documented that issues of glare can occur due to solar reflection. This phenomenon… -
Integrating Structure and Cladding
The project represents a successful integration of a glass facade with the primary structure of the building. The choice of the building material is… -
Translation from Concept to Construction
Fidelity between the built enclosure and early visualizations is rarely, if ever, an accident. When achieved, it comes as the result of persistent… -
Glazing Design By ASTM E 1300
ASTM E 1300 “Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings” defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being
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Managing Constraints
On a commercial high-rise tower project located in Hong Kong, the design team was challenged to make a facade that would beneficial to tenants with a
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Doubling Mies
Mies van der Rohe’s concurrently designed projects for Commonwealth Promenade Apartments (1953-1956) and the Esplanade Apartments (1953-1957), saw
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Designing with Photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With… -
Thinking About Facades
There have been three decades of liberating developments in the application of descriptive geometry and freeform design methods, as well as the… -
Subjective Perception and Objective Measurement
Current glass industry standards provide clear tolerances for readily quantifiable physical properties to assist with the evaluation of visual… -
Retrofit Options for Historic Facades
Building design criteria requires that government buildings be designed for a variety of extreme loads including blast, hurricane, and impact… -
Renewing Two Saarinen Icons
Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1955, are both world renowned works of architecture and powerful symbols… -
Contextual Envelopes
Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to address
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Ballistic and Blast Integrated Design
Increased security needs have led to a demand in enhanced curtain wall facade performance. In addition to thermal, acoustic, and structural
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Adaptive Facades
Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries… -
Infinite Panel System
Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope solutions.…
